In the tomb of Tutankhamen, there are two figures of the king on the Panther-Cat / Leopard: Statuette of the King upon a Leopard (Cairo, JE 60714 & 60715). Remnants of such figures we know also from other tombs in the Valley of the Kings. An illustration is in KV 15 - Sety II. These panther / leopard may well also be a Mafdet.

Study about the cat-goddess Mafdet, probably a hunting-leopard or cheetah, called "the runner" (m-i/Afd), which seems to have been a central figure in the early religion. She was mistress of the king's life, but also of his death, and related to the Sun-god and the Horus-eye. Though expelled from her central position at the beginning of the Ist Dynasty her memory remained vivid in various religious conceptions.

But I suspect, Daughter Of S. is looking for a representation of the goddess in more anthropomorphic form (with lion / feline head?) ? I could not find, although one might expect a personification at least in the New Kingdom? The goddess is in the Books of the Netherworld at that time also Mistress of the Hall of Justice / Execution Site? Maybe somewhere here?

In the tomb of Tutankhamen, there are two figures of the king on the Panther-Cat / Leopard: Statuette of the King upon a Leopard (Cairo, JE 60714 & 60715). Remnants of such figures we know also from other tombs in the Valley of the Kings. An illustration is in KV 15 - Sety II. These panther / leopard may well also be a Mafdet.

Greetings, Lutz.

The Hurrian god Sharruma also stands on the back of a panther. Couldn't we also consider in this case a possible religious trade with the New Kingdom pharaohs' allies?

The Hurrian god Sharruma also stands on the back of a panther. Couldn't we also consider in this case a possible religious trade with the New Kingdom pharaohs' allies?

Without the slightest examples from texts about the religious / mythological background of this depictions and possible similarities in this direction, this is hardly admissible? The panther-cat is revered in many cultures. Also very well known are the examples from Central and North America...

Sure it is. But what I mean is the iconographic register. Specifically regarding to the depiction of a human figure standing on the back of a panther, which is present both in New Kingdom Egypt and Hurrian-Hittite sacred images of the same period, but never before in Egypt. It can be corroborated by the adoption of Syrian-Canaanite cults in Egypt, like Qetesh/Reshef cult in the 18th Dynasty and Anath/Baal cult in the 19th Dynasty, as well as the syncretic references in the Amarna letters. I think also that the New Kingdom reference to the "Seven Hathors" would be originated from the Seven Gulses (Hurrian-Hittite goddesses of fate). We can't forget that Hurrian princess and princesses moved to Egypt bringing not only merchants and servants, but also their religious conceptions.

As I said I do not think the slightest of such comparisons. They are simply not relevant. The significance of these representations is mythological / religiously. And if you have no similaritys in this it makes no sense to construct a connection / context.

In ancient Egypt the representation of the king on the panther-cat is known to me only from the funerary area. If it is Mafdet then the idea exists for sure long before the New Kingdom. Your relief shows various Hurrian gods standing on mythical creatures (in some way connected with them ??). I see no reason to think this picture was transfered from one nation to another, not in this or in the other way.

... But I suspect, Daughter Of S. is looking for a representation of the goddess in more anthropomorphic form (with lion / feline head?) ? I could not find, although one might expect a personification at least in the New Kingdom? The goddess is in the Books of the Netherworld at that time also Mistress of the Hall of Justice / Execution Site? Maybe somewhere here? ...

Does anyone know if Mafdet would have been mentioned in the Book of the Dead papyri? I remember reading that Sakmet worship or feline nature turned then into the cat worship, and the goddess Bastet. It says that these feline goddesses came before Mafdet, the Heliopolis cat.